fling

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  1. transitive verb To throw with violence: flung the dish against the wall. See Synonyms at throw.
  2. transitive verb To put or send suddenly or unexpectedly: troops that were flung into battle.
  3. transitive verb To throw (oneself) into an activity with abandon and energy.
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  • She'd always been fully confident of Carl's fidelity, and besides, while he worked at the firm, he'd never had time for a fling--they'd had fights, in fact, Marie calling him a workaholic, Carl accusing her of being jealous of his work, work he loved, damn it, he really did. —  EBSCOhost
  • That would explain the casting of Akerman, probably best known for sly sexpot roles like Harold and Kumar's almost-fling (thwarted by disgusting hubby Christopher Meloni), or E's threesome crush on —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
  • When people saw that this was more than a fling, the flak really started. —  Life and style | guardian.co.uk
  • But many people have fallen in love at festivals, had a fest-fling or a tent night stand.
  • But there arose some little difference as to the duration of the fling, and the father had at last found himself compelled to inform his son that if the fling were carried on much longer it must be done with internecine war between himself and his heir. —  The Way We Live Now
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jerk ·  shove ·  taunt ·  scramble ·  kick ·  shake ·  heave ·  thrust ·  toss ·  leap ·  defiance ·  plunge

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fling:   flings ·  flung ·  flinging
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English flingen, of Scandinavian origin; see plāk-2 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English flyngen, flengen (with strong preterit flang, flong), transitive fling, usually intransitive hasten, fly, rush, also strike (at), from Icelandic flengja, whip, ride furiously, = Swedish flänga, romp, ride furiously, a derived sense of Old Swedish flenga, strike, Swedish dial. flänga, strike, hack, strip bark from trees, = Norwegian flengja, slash, gash, cut, especially with violence, = Danish flænge, slash, gash; hence the noun, Swedish fläng, agitation, violent exercise, = Norwegian fleng = Danish flænge, a slash, gash; cf. the adverbial phrase, Swedish i fläng = Norwegian i fleng = Danish i flæng, at random, indiscriminately.
  2. from fling, v.
 

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